Flora of North America species comparison

(2–)4–8-flowered;

bracts caducous.

1-flowered;

bracts caducous.

8–17 mm.

6–21 mm.

monosymmetric;

calyx pale green, pinkish, or yellowish;

corolla golden yellow, longest petal 9–15 mm;

androecium not heterantherous, stamens 7, staminodes 3;

anthers 2.5–4.2 mm, dehiscing by 1 apical pore, apical appendage 0;

gynoecium linear, slightly incurved, ovules 28–42;

ovary hairy;

style filiform, incurved.

monosymmetric;

calyx often persistent into developing fruit, pale green;

corolla pale yellow, longest petal 5.5–10 mm;

androecium not heterantherous, stamens 7, staminodes 3;

anthers to 2.9–4 mm, dehiscing by 1 apical pore, apical appendage 0;

gynoecium nearly linear, ovules 6–12;

ovary hairy;

style linear.

erect, cylindrical, slightly curved, 180–350 × 50–80 mm, shallowly corrugated over seeds, dehiscing apically downward.

erect, cylindrical, straight, 8–15 × 6–8 mm, not corrugated over seeds, dehiscing apically downward.

brown, rhomboid.

brown, paddle-shaped to pyriform.

= 28.